How To Install lib32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lib32asan6
lib32asan6 is:
AddressSanitizer (ASan) is a fast memory error detector. It finds use-after-free and {heap,stack,global}-buffer overflow bugs in C/C++ programs.
Package: lib32asan6 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1341 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), lib32gcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libc6-i386 (>= 2.28) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10/lib32asan6_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 354052 MD5sum: 28a8f6d526634656b08757e09caecd25 SHA1: c4b4b539f8018fd68e5db32280d720d5350610d3 SHA256: 7b9e11733ae8642e93d71ff3333f235938b84cacd1bef22e86711152c256c3a3 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (32bit) AddressSanitizer (ASan) is a fast memory error detector. It finds use-after-free and {heap,stack,global}-buffer overflow bugs in C/C++ programs.
There are three methods to install lib32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lib32asan6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32asan6
Install lib32asan6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32asan6
Install lib32asan6 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32asan6
How To Uninstall lib32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lib32asan6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32asan6
Uninstall lib32asan6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32asan6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32asan6
Remove lib32asan6 Configurations and Data
To remove lib32asan6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32asan6
Remove lib32asan6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32asan6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32asan6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.